Dems To Boycott Barrett Vote
In a purely political and shameless maneuver, Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats will boycott Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court today. The move came one day after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that the full Senate will take up Barrett’s confirmation vote on Monday, ensuring that she will be confirmed and sworn in before the November 3 Presidential election.
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democrats on the Judiciary Committee said in a joint statement announcing their boycott, “We will not grant this process any further legitimacy by participating in the Committee’s mark-up of this nomination, just 12 days before the culmination of an election that is already underway.”
Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham fired back. “I believe it does a disservice to Judge Barrett who deserves a vote, up or down,” he said.
Judiciary Committee rules state that 12 senators must be present in order to send a nomination to the floor. Republicans can meet the requirement on their own if every GOP senator is present later today. Here’s more from Top News.
In a related story, a new Gallup Poll reveals that 51 percent of voters want Barrett to get confirmed, but an amazing 84 percent of Democrats oppose her.
Former South Carolina Congressman Trey Gowdy, appearing on Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom” with anchor Trace Gallagher, called the Democrats irrational, adding, “She may be the best witness that I have ever seen in a courtroom Congressional hearing. She was amazing and that’s why you see the public opinion changing.”
BREAKING NEWS: The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12-0 to report the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the full Senate for a confirmation vote on Monday. All 12 Republican senators on the Committee voted to advance the measure. As expected, the 10 Committee Democrats boycotted the session. Here’s the entire vote as recorded on C-Span.
